A good mate of mine is reconnecting with the joys of vanning, albiet he abandoned it many years ago after only a brief interlude.
No names, no pack drill on the brand in question ... but heres the pitch
A nameless van on a well know nameless chassis. 18ft single axle. 180 tbm. 2 x 90ltr water tanks both well fwd of the axle and a 60ltr grey tank well behind the axle. The atm is 2700kg and factory tbm 180kg.
After the dealer refusing to entertain relocating the tanks, I told my mate (whos pretty keen on this van) to give it a wide berth. The sales'nong used the little wobbly tow car demo they roll out at the caravan show as the reason for not relocating the tanks .... i suggested that the exact reason why they should.
Im struggling to see how on gods earth a varying and dynamic 240kg weight shift from front to back, and the tbm fluctuation resulting from that shift could ever be regarded as safe across that range of weight variation.
Thought ????
No names, no pack drill on the brand in question ... but heres the pitch
A nameless van on a well know nameless chassis. 18ft single axle. 180 tbm. 2 x 90ltr water tanks both well fwd of the axle and a 60ltr grey tank well behind the axle. The atm is 2700kg and factory tbm 180kg.
After the dealer refusing to entertain relocating the tanks, I told my mate (whos pretty keen on this van) to give it a wide berth. The sales'nong used the little wobbly tow car demo they roll out at the caravan show as the reason for not relocating the tanks .... i suggested that the exact reason why they should.
Im struggling to see how on gods earth a varying and dynamic 240kg weight shift from front to back, and the tbm fluctuation resulting from that shift could ever be regarded as safe across that range of weight variation.
Thought ????